PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST
Charity number: 1190196
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To help improve in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland the education and/or training of children and young people and/or the education and/or training of those responsible for teaching children and young people in science and related subjects with particular regard to primary school teaching.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 August 2025
Total income: £419,277
Total expenditure: £1,575,744
People
9 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £70k to £80k | 1 |
| £80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 01 July 2020: Standard registration
- 19 August 2021: Funds received from 1064864 PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- PSTT (Working name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
9 Trustee(s)
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| Catherine Louise Kington | Trustee | 01 August 2025 |
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| Richard Jasper Ferris | Trustee | 24 January 2025 |
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| Olivia Thompson | Trustee | 22 November 2023 |
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| Laura Hickman | Trustee | 22 November 2023 |
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| Jyoti Sehdev | Trustee | 27 September 2022 |
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| Asima Chowdhury | Trustee | 27 September 2022 |
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| Saurabh Das | Trustee | 27 September 2022 |
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| PAUL SHUTER | Trustee | 02 July 2020 |
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| Revd Professor Michael Jonathan Reiss | Trustee | 12 May 2020 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | 31/08/2024 | 31/08/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £315.76k | £470.88k | £585.86k | £669.22k | £419.28k | |
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Total expenditure | £1.61m | £2.01m | £1.89m | £1.31m | £1.58m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | £288.76k | £235.38k | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | N/A | N/A | £297.11k | £433.84k | N/A | |
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Income - Other | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | £1.80m | £1.22m | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | N/A | £97.70k | £97.39k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | N/A | N/A | £19.26k | £17.42k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | N/A | £320.48k | £78.55k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | N/A | £97.70k | £97.39k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 August 2025 | 12 February 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2025 | 12 February 2026 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2024 | 20 February 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2024 | 20 February 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2023 | 07 May 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2023 | 07 May 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2022 | 02 February 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | 02 February 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2021 | 31 January 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | 31 January 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |